Moscow/kyiv/Other Capitals – Monitoring the war in Ukraine and its aftermath (daily coverage)
Saturday, August 19
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Quito – A day of reflection on the eve of Sunday when more than 13.4 million Ecuadorians go to the polls in extraordinary presidential and legislative elections after the dissolution of the National Assembly (Parliament) last May.
Quito – The future of oil in Ecuador is at stake in an unprecedented national referendum that will decide this Sunday whether to stop exploiting one of its main oil fields.
Guatemala City – The Guatemalan authorities are finalizing the preparations for the second electoral round to choose their president for the 2024-2028 period on Sunday.
Tegucigalpa – The Cultural Center of Spain in Tegucigalpa (CCET) celebrates sixteen years with a “great party” artistic and cultural.
Cali (Colombia) – The Petronio Álvarez Festival is held, the most important of Afro culture in the Colombian Pacific. (Until August 21)
New York (USA) – The Colombian Carlos Vives begins a tour of the United States called “The tour of the 30”.
La Paz – Drought and despair endanger life around the great Lake Titicaca in Bolivia.
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) – Human rights organizations hold an act on Copacabana beach to pay homage to civilian victims as a result of police actions in Rio de Janeiro.
Port-au-Prince – Thousands of people are fleeing their homes in the Carrefour-Feuilles neighborhood of Port-au-Prince these days to escape the violence.
Tapachula (Mexico) – They open a school for children of migrants seeking asylum on the southern border of Mexico.
Kabul – Afghanistan celebrates Independence Day, commemorating the signing of the Anglo-Afghan treaty (1919), and the end of the British protectorate.
New Delhi – India hosts the meeting of the G20 Digital Economy group in the southern city of Bangalore.
Sunday August 20
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Quito – Ecuador celebrates the first round of extraordinary elections to elect a president and renew the National Assembly (Parliament) after the “cross death” decreed by conservative President Guillermo Lasso last May, when he dissolved Parliament to avoid his eventual dismissal.
Quito – Ecuador decides through a plebiscite at the polls whether to continue or prohibit the oil exploitation of Block 43, located within the Yasuní National Park, one of the world’s jewels of biodiversity.
Guatemala City – Guatemalans go to the polls in the second round of elections to choose their ruler for the period 2024-2028 between former first lady Sandra Torres Casanova and Bernardo Arévalo De León.
Tijuana (Mexico) – The Baja California peninsula is preparing to receive the scourge of Hurricane Hilary.
Budapest – The President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is on an official visit to Hungary and meets with the Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, with whom he will discuss security and economic issues.
Monday, August 21
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Several capitals – The International Day of Commemoration and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism is celebrated.
Quito – Follow-up on the results of the elections and the plebiscite in Ecuador.
Guatemala City – Guatemala dawns with a new president-elect, who will take office on January 14 for the period 2024-2028, replacing the current president, Alejandro Giammattei.
Tijuana (Mexico) – Mexico recounts the damage left in the Baja California peninsula by Hurricane Hilary.
Washington – The US President and First Lady, Joe and Jill Biden, travel to Maui to visit the area affected by the most serious fires in the country in the last century.
Washington – The capital of the United States has become one of the most unsafe cities in the country, a spiral that has forced authorities to impose a nightly curfew for teenagers.
New York (USA) – Press conference for El Mago Pop, presenting his tour of the United States.
Moscow – The Russian space probe Luna-25 lands on the South Pole of the Earth’s satellite, making Russia the first country to reach that inhospitable territory of the Moon.
Seoul – South Korea and the United States begin their annual large-scale Ulchi Freedom Shield military exercises amid rising tensions with North Korea and China.
Shanghai (China) – The People’s Bank of China (central) updates its benchmark interest rates.
Tuesday, August 22
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Los Angeles (USA) – First hearing on the demand of the Department of Justice to Texas to remove three hundred meters of buoys installed in the Eagle Pass sector of the Rio Grande to hinder the passage of undocumented immigrants through that area of the border with Mexico.
Milwaukee (USA) – The Republican candidates for the 2024 US presidential election face their first primary debate in Milwaukee.
Toronto (Canada) – The VII Assembly of the Global Environment Facility is held. (Until August 26)
Caracas – The political campaign for the opposition primary elections formally begins in Venezuela.
Asunción – Representatives of the European Union Electoral Observation Mission (EU MOE) present the final report on the general and departmental elections of April 30, 2023.
Panama City – Trial for money laundering in the case known as “Blue Apple”.
Santo Domingo – Inauguration of the XXX National Biennial of Visual Arts.
Brussels – The International Criminal Court (ICC) holds the hearing to confirm the charges against Maxime Jeoffroy, the leader of a Central African militia accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Bangkok – Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen, Asia’s longest-serving leader, steps down from the post he has held since January 1985, handing it over to his eldest son, Hun Manet.
Johannesburg – South Africa hosts the 15th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the BRICS group of emerging economies.
Washington – The Argentine Minister of Economy and presidential candidate, Sergio Massa, arrives in Washington to meet with authorities from the International Monetary Fund.
Buenos Aires – Argentina publishes the fiscal result corresponding to July 2023.
Wednesday, August 23
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Washington – NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara speaks to the press about her upcoming mission to the International Space Station (ISS), which will depart on September 15 from the Baikonur space base.
Miami (USA) – Press conference with Cuban musicians Chucho Valdés and Albita Rodríguez.
Miami (USA) – The Peruvian singer Gian Marco, with more than thirty years of musical experience, presents his latest single “Aun me sigo encontro”, a collaboration with the Panamanian Rubén Blades.
Harare – Zimbabwe is holding a general election in which President Emmerson Mnangagwa, in power since the military coup in 2017, is seeking re-election.
New Delhi – The Indian space agency, ISRO, plans to complete the moon landing maneuver of its Chandrayaan-3 mission, which would make India the first nation to explore the unknown south pole of the Moon.
Moscow – Russia launches from the Baikonur cosmodrome, located in the Kazakh steppe but managed by Moscow, the cargo ship Progress MS-24 to the International Space Station (ISS).
Paris – The Paris Rock en Seine music festival celebrates its 20th edition.
Washington – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) meets to address the pending review of Argentina’s debt refinancing program.
New York (USA) – Nvidia announces its quarterly results.
Thursday, August 24
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Santo Domingo – Celebration of the XXV Santo Domingo International Book Fair. (Until September 3)
London – Thousands of medical specialists in England start a two-day strike to demand better wages.
Johannesburg – The 15th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the BRICS group of emerging economies concludes in Johannesburg.
New Delhi – The Group of 20 (G20) trade and investment ministerial meeting begins in the Indian city of Jaipur. (Until August 25)
Friday, August 25
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Miami (USA) – The seventh manned mission of NASA and Space X to the International Space Station (ISS) takes off from the Kennedy Space Center.
Paris – The OECD publishes foreign trade data at the G20.
Seoul – The Bank of Korea (central) holds its monthly monetary policy meeting. EFE
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